Phobetes femorator (Thomson, 1893)
(a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPhobetes femorator (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)
GenusPhobetes (a genus of ctenopelmatine ichneumons)
TribeEuryproctini (a tribe of ctenopelmatine ichneumons)
SubfamilyCTENOPELMATINAE (ctenopelmatine ichneumon wasps)
FamilyICHNEUMONIDAE (ichneumon wasps)
SuperfamilyICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Phobetes femorator (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon) :
1: Phobetes femorator (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)
1 Jun 2023 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, by general sweeping
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - hind trochanters and trochantelli - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Male - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Male - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Male - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Male - T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Phobetes femorator (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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